Thread: MMA not a MA?
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Old 04-10-2011, 12:31 PM   #4
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Re: MMA not a MA?

I agree with the OP's instructor. It's mixed, its martial, but what's the point of calling it "Arts?"

IMO, the more "results-oriented" your focus is, whether you are training for a combat sport, "trying to get in shape," or interested in only in practical self-defense, then the less engaged in an "art" you are.

MMA gyms these days do better business the more they take effective, simple techniques from the usual suspects (Muay Thai, BJJ, etc) and strip out the techniques that are fancier, require higher levels of skill, and are therefore less effective in a sport setting.

A body of best standard practice is emerging in place of traditionalism, techniques and training methods are proven to work or not work in the ring. So I think it might be more accurate to call it "Mixed Martial Sciences."
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